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Massive Steel/Iron Painted Abstract Kinetic Sculpture Attributed to Jerry Peart

$22,500
£16,993.33
€19,895.29
CA$31,966.09
A$32,521.37
CHF 18,637.99
MX$391,577.42
NOK 217,843.70
SEK 218,799.75
DKK 148,735.14

About the Item

A massive large kinetic sculpture crafted out of painted steel or iron. The work is attributed to Jerry Peart the noted American Sculpture and is likely from the 1980’s. The attribution is based on a gallery exhibition photo from 1992. The top is painted white and rolls gently back and forth. Please see the attached video. The massive base is black finished. It is not signed that we can see. His works were signed in marker, occasionally, and as this has been repainted It was situated outdoors in a local Palm Springs estate. It’s in good condition with some paint wear and some rusting to the base. Please see the detailed photos which depict the flows and rusting in detail. A bio of the artist from Askari follows: Biography from LewAllen Galleries Over several decades of a distinguished career, Jerry Peart has evolved into one of America's foremost public sculptors, with more than 35 large-scale public sculptures currently in place. His lyrical, abstract constructions of fabricated and painted aluminum add color, grace and excitement to public spaces in almost every state of the U.S. as well as in Asia. His distinctive smaller sculptures - also of fabricated and painted aluminum - are in numerous museums and private collections. Born and raised in the high desert country of Winslow, Arizona, Peart earned his BFA at Arizona State University and sold his first sculptures while still an undergraduate. He earned his MFA at Southern Illinois University in 1972. Attracted to Chicago by an emerging community of large-scale sculptors - such as John Henry, Richard Hunt and Steve Urry - he moved to the city and became Urry's assistant, helping to fabricate Urry's monumentally sized Arch in 1974. Peart developed his modus operandi of cutting, shaping, assembling and painting abstract aluminum forms early in his career. He created his first large-scale sculpture Falling Meteor for 1975's Sculpture for a New Era at Chicago's Federal Center Plaza. With Falling Meteor and other contributions to the growing prominence of large-scale street sculpture in America, Peart's reputation and recognition advanced. During the late 1970s and early '80s he exhibited with ConStruct, the Chicago-based movement founded by Mark di Suvero and other artists to organize and promote exhibitions of large-scale sculpture. In 1977, in partnership with Paul Slepak and Tom Scarff, he purchased Sedgwick Studio, where he created both large-scale and smaller sculptures for nearly 30 years. Many collectors and graduate students considered Sedgwick Studio a "must-see" while in Chicago. Now living in Virginia, Peart continues to create his bold and imaginative sculpture, guided by the belief that the artist not only has to provide an answer but also must pose the question. He has stated that "Art is not about information or description or literal content, art is concerned with … concepts, feelings, ideas, little markers in time, that certain moment that comes while working in the studio. These ideas are like snowflakes, beautiful, fragile, and fading." The act of creation has no specific sequence or plan but arises from the manipulation of materials; it is "an attempt to achieve something spiritual through plain hard work." Garrett Holg, Chicago-based critic for ARTnews and other publications, has written of the lyricism in Peart's work: "Peart's sculptures frequently reveal a whimsical nature through the lyrical fusion of organic and geometric imagery and a daring, intuitive palette of radical color combinations. Their sleek, smooth-surface forms, with their dips and twists, curves and folds, are fluidly orchestrated into a simultaneously timeless and momentary expression of energy and movement."
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 65 in (165.1 cm)Width: 30 in (76.2 cm)Depth: 30 in (76.2 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Iron,Steel,Hand-Crafted
  • Place of Origin:
    United States
  • Period:
    20th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    20th Century
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. It’s in good condition with some paint wear and some rusting to the base. Please see the detailed photos which depict the flows and rusting in detail.
  • Seller Location:
    Palm Springs, CA
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: Bridges over Time IS28555121stDibs: LU835048926582

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